There was an outpouring of love for Tom Croft on social media after the England and British & Irish Lions forward announced his retirement from football.

The 32-year-old spent his entire career at Leicester, picking up a number of major honours during his 13 seasons at Welford Road.

And the club and ex-teammates have paid their tributes to the midfielder on Twitter.

Saddened to hear my old backrow mate @tomcroft6 has had to call it a day due to injury.
A Back rower with more athletic ability than any I have ever met. Great career and good luck on the next challenge pal👍🏼👏🏼👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/pJaMoweD4U

Congrats @tomcroft6 aka Yoghurt on a hell of a career! I remember the day you said you’d dominate Johno at training and you didn’t. You did however dominate many games and had an awesome club and international career! Still not forgotten you got me my 1 and only red card though!